Good title! But, alas, aside from adolescent boys, and the many fans of Vivian Blaine (of which I am one), I don't know anyone else who would really enjoy this movie. It's tame, it's predictable, it's not particularly funny, it's often stage-bound, and it's directed by Lew "Here Comes Trouble" Seiler who has obviously no idea how to rein in camera-hugging thespians like Phil Silvers and Carmen Miranda, or how to make the laughs come faster (or even to make them come at all). Michael O'Shea tries hard, but he still makes rather a dull hero. Fortunately, the movie is saved from total mediocrity by Vivian Blaine. As usual, she is both charismatic yet charmingly convincing. Beautiful Technicolor photography by award-winning (for the studio scenes in 1941's Blood and Sand) Ernest Palmer also helps. Admittedly, Palmer's input for Something for the Boys is not half as memorable as his superlative work on I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now – but great stuff nevertheless. Something is now available on an excellent 20th Century Fox DVD.
Review of I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
